Man I read this entire thread from start to finish. I was with the OP 100% up until around page 5 or so when it got tricky, lol. Nonetheless if true then I wish you the best dawg. That's tough!
I must start by saying first off especially to the people not from here and/or who have never been here...yo, it's not all sweet! Cats get shot left n right here, on sight, on street, in car, on foot, in the cut, in the club, all the above.
Too many people have this notion that we all phony, Hollywood, not bout it etc but please don't come out here n be fooled.
You have to remember for example cats like haven rose while younger was out here n was laid on the grown at gun point middle of street jacked out of his Rolls Royce man in an affluent part of LA. This is one small example but don't think just because you are in Hollywood that you are safe. Don't come out here running your mouth talking greasy and end up at one of these clubs like playhouse, supper club, etc and get shot!
Most of these type of spots are littered with gangs (esp crips,
).
Also, it's summer! More shootings take place during this time, therefore in LA which is the land of drive by's. Hence why every shooting no matter how heinous you think it is will make it to major news outlets or the news at all. It's way too many B and also this is the time certain gangs literally kill other gang members and even innocent people in a certain time frame during the summer months. It's real out here dawg!
Let's also touch on these young cats trying to get on who are called on to go shoot random folks by the more senior gang members...a lot of these cats are not only young but they are taking this new wave of drug that's similar to angel dust but it's not the same but anyway from what I have been told, they coerce these young cats to take it n take a lot (who oftentimes come into the ER for chest pain, etc) since it turns the user up and vastly dulls their ability to care about anything that a normal person would.
When a lot of you speak on how we live in a heartless world, cruel, etc...well that's literally the description of these cats while on this stuff.
In conclusion, just because you never seen or heard this type of act happen in NY or blah blah place does not mean it doesn't go down here. Be careful out here n be easy! Treat it like you would when traveling internationally. Just because you think you are hard back home, don't mean jack here, so let it go! Although this act was seemingly random and supposedly not enticed, still take heed.